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8 The Commodores Songs That Define Funk, Soul, and R&B Greatness.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, ...
American Songwriter

5 Forgotten Top-40 Hits by the Commodores from the Mid-’70s

There is no denying the Commodores’ 1977 self-titled album was a huge success at the time and a harbinger of even bigger things to come. It was their first album to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard ...
American Songwriter

How One Hit Song Rejuvenated The Commodores by Honoring a Pair of Legends

Considering how their sound had come to be defined by the ballads of Lionel Richie, not many gave The Commodores much chance of matching their previous level of success once Richie left. But they did ...
Yahoo

‘American Idol’ judge Lionel Richie applauds contestant’s Commodores cover

When picking a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer to cover for Sunday night’s round of “American Idol,” Desmond Roberts found inspiration in his childhood — and the judging panel. The “Idol” hopeful performed ...
KPBS

The Commodores Live

Saturday, July 12 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 and 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 One of the greatest Motown and R&B / funk vocal groups of ...